#ADAD23#ADAD23

#ADAD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.148 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ADAD23
RGB	rgb(173, 173, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, -15.40, 64.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 66.24, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0497 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.148 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4818, 38.8937, 7.3860)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ADAD23 #2323AD

analogous

#AD6823 #ADAD23 #68AD23

triadic

#ADAD23 #23ADAD #AD23AD

tetradic

#ADAD23 #23AD68 #2323AD #AD2368

square

#ADAD23 #23AD68 #2323AD #AD2368

split-complementary

#ADAD23 #2368AD #6823AD

monochromatic

#47470E #7A7A19 #ADAD23 #D6D637 #E1E16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#ADAD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#ADAD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ADAD23

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ADAD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ADAD23	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BAA194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #adad23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 173, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c9c56b',
    500: '#adad23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #adad23;
$custom-light: #c9c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#adad23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72467,
    "c": 0.14827,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ADAD23

secondary

#6565C7

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #ADAD23

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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